Harpa crenata

Harpa crenata
Shell of Harpa crenata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Harpidae
Genus: Harpa
Species: H. crenata
Binomial name
Harpa crenata
Swainson, 1822

Harpa crenata, common name the Panama harp, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico down to Peru

References

  1. ↑ Harpa crenata Swainson, 1822.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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